Morgan, General John Hunt (1825-1864)

Section C, Lot 17 When General John Hunt Morgan, known as the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy," enlisted in the Southern Army his property was confiscated under the so-called "catch-the-rebel attachment law," so he lived at Hopemont with his mother, John Wesley Hunt's daughter. He and his Raiders caused havoc with their unorthodox methods of fighting, causing an estimated $10 million in property damage to the Union. Morgan escaped from a Federal prison in Ohio by tunneling out, only to be shot and killed during another daring raid in Tennessee.